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Chuck Ross

Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

Report: TV Series Helped Reduce Teen Pregnancy

A television show is being credited with helping to reduce teen pregnancy. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” reality show, which has come under criticism for glamorizing teen pregnancy, has apparently helped reduce the…

Good News/Bad News for HBO Drama Series — The Bad News Is the Channel Is Pulling the Plug

An HBO drama series got good news and bad news in one fell swoop, getting a renewal while also getting canceled. Deadline.com reports that Aaron Sorkin’s "The Newsroom" was officially picked up for a third season, but at the same…

Fox’s New ’24’ Reboot: How to Squeeze 24 Hours Into a 12-Hour Series

Many of the stars and producers of Fox’s acclaimed drama series "24" are back for the reboot, "Live Another Day," and they broke their silence today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, unveiling plans for the updated "24,"…

Charter Makes $61.3 Billion Offer for Time Warner Cable

Charter Communications Inc. has made an offer to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for about $132.50 a share, placing the value of the company at more than $61 billion, Bloomberg reports. TWC is the second-largest cable provider in the U.S….

Golden Globes Hit 10-Year High — But Was It Enough to Give NBC a Ratings Win?

On a night when the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony on NBC and NFL playoff overrun on CBS had a huge impact on the prime-time broadcast ratings, those two networks finished almost in a dead heat, based on Nielsen overnights for…

Twitterverse Unloads on Jacqueline Bisset for Her Rambling Golden Globes Speech (and In Case You Missed the Speech — Here’s the Video)

Jacqueline Bisset provided one of the most cringe-worthy moments of Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony when she appeared to freeze up while accepting the trophy for best supporting actress in a TV series, miniseries or TV movie (for "Dancing on the…

Video: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Opening to the Golden Globes

Hosting the Golden Globe Awards for the second year in a row, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler delivered their share of zingers during last night’s opening — especially at the expense of Tom Hanks. See for yourself:

Mark Burnett Working on Hourlong Wrestling Series for El Rey Network

Reality TV guru Mark Burnett — the man behind "Survivor," "The Apprentice," "The Voice" and other reality television franchises — is working on a weekly hourlong wrestling series focusing on a new lucha libre league for the El Rey Network,…

Fox Boss Says Network Will ‘Bypass Pilot Season’

Speaking today at the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour, Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly said the broadcast network will bypass pilot season this year. Variety reports that the move is "part of the network’s ongoing effort to develop and…

ABC Pulls the Plug on Low-Rated Series

ABC has seen enough of the unusually low numbers delivered by a new drama series. Deadline.com reports that the network has pulled the eight-hour miniseries “The Assets” after two low-rated episodes. As previously reported, the new drama series earned a…